Questions tagged [rpm-spec]
This tag is for RPM spec files, the source file for building RPM packages using rpmbuild.
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giving variables a default value in a spec file
I have a spec (myspecfile.spec) file that looks similar to
Name: package-%{myname}
Version: %{myversion}
Release: %{myrelease}
License: gpl2
Summary: this is my package
BuildArch: noarch
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Package installation failure and rollback options
I'm trying to understand how the creation of packages (rpm, deb, dpkg) work and what the architecture supports and doesn't.
Right now I struggle figuring out what happens when the installation or ...
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RPM SPEC: Restart external service only if config file was changed after package update
I have a RPM package which add config to /etc/rsyslog.d/. I don't want to restart rsyslog's service after each update because apparently rsyslog can't do graceful restart. So, I would like to restart ...
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rpmbuild: handle naming differences of packages in different distributions
I'm writing a RPM spec file for building my software. The software depends on Crypto++. Crypto++ is named differently on different distributions, for example, on OpenSUSE, I should write
BuildRequires:...
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Spec file for rpmbuild to build gdb9 on ec2
I'm using aws's ec2 instance and I need to install a newer version of GDB (I can't use yum install since there is no newer version available for amazon RHEL).
My workflow requires to do this process ...
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Options for managing user created files in rpm spec file
How is best to handle files in an rpm spec file that may or may not exist with these specifics:
Part of the files delivered are example files under a /conf.d/ directory. The files are installed as ...
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Transition %cmake* (*.spec file) to cmake3?
I'd would like to transition an existing *.spec file from the fedora style %cmake* commands to the alternate %cmake3 based one (eg. Amazon Linux 2).
What should I replace an existing %cmake_build with ...
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Could not execute mockbuild: Could not download sources
When writing a .spec file for Fedora, I ran into a problem. I can't seem to be able to do fedpkg mockbuild at all. No matter what source I use, HTTPS or local, I keep running into this error:
Failed ...
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How to use an alternate toolset in rpmbuild
I am trying to compile & package the latest version of Zeek (5.0.7) for rhel 7 servers. I get an error saying the "cxx17" is required. Searching the web, I found that it is contained ...
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Correct way to modify config files in an upstream RPM?
What's the right way to create an RPM that modifies the %config(noreplace) files installed by another RPM?
Specific instance of the general question: We want to modify the repository definitions ...
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Which UID/GID is free for new package
After reading https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/222376/246754 How rpm ensure that no uid/gid clash with each other ?
What I am looking is similar to https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/...
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useradd --create-home not adding a home directory Rocky Linux 8 but does in CentOS 7
I have an RPM that runs a scriptlet to add a user and create a home directory.
I have used this before on CentOS 7, but now need this RPM to run it on Rocky Linux 8 so I've rebuilt the RPM (it's ...
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SLES15 SP4 | Installation of a rpm package fails when %post scriplet fails with "/usr/lib/1sb/install _initd: No such file or directory"
I have a .spec file to install a rpm. I have the following snippet in post install (%post scriplet)
%post -n %{package_name}
# Enable the service at boot time
%if %{?suse_version:1}0
/usr/lib/lsb/...
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On rpmbuild how to start without deleting the build content?
I'm making a rpm .spec for kernel.
If an error happen I have to correct and recompile the kernel (1 hour!)
Fast question: I want to start the build without rm -fr BUILDDIR
How to do?
Thanks
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Conditional package dependencies
I am creating an RPM package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. My software requires the 'redhat-lsb' package when running on RHEL 7 and 8, but does not require it on RHEL 9. Furthermore, the package isn't ...
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